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Hume Cronyn
Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn

ActingBorn July 18, 1911Died June 15, 2003 (age 91)London, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Hume Blake Cronyn Jr. (July 18, 1911 - June 15, 2003) was a Canadian-American actor and writer. Early film roles included Alfred Hitchcock's Shadow of a Doubt (1943) and Lifeboat (1944). He performed frequently alongside his second wife Jessica Tandy, including in the films The World According to Garp (1982), Cocoon (1985), and *batteries not included (1987). Their marriage lasted from 1942 until her death in 1994. He wrote the play Foxfire and television film The Dollmaker with his third wife, Susan Cooper. Many of his wide-ranging stage and screen acting roles garnered critical acclaim, including an Academy Award nomination, three Emmy Awards, and two Tony Awards.

Filmography

2004
A Separate Peace

as Professor Carmichael

Movie
2003Movie
2001
Off Season

as Sam Clausner

Movie
2001Movie
2000
Yesterday's Children

as Old Sonny Sutton

Movie
1999
Santa and Pete

as Saint Nick

Movie
1999
Omnibus: Television's Golden Age

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Movie
1999TV
1999
Sea People

as Mr. John McRae

Movie
1998
Angel Passing

as Pianist

Movie
1997
Alone

as John Webb

Movie
1997
12 Angry Men

as Juror 9

Movie
1996
Marvin's Room

as Marvin Wakefield

Movie
1996Movie
1995Movie
1994
Camilla

as Ewald

Movie
1994Movie
1993
To Dance with the White Dog

as Robert Samuel Peek

Movie
1993
The Pelican Brief

as Justice Rosenberg

Movie
1992Movie
1991
Christmas on Division Street

as Cleveland Meriwether

Movie
1990Movie
1989
Age-Old Friends

as John Cooper

Movie
1989
Day One

as James F. Byrnes

Movie
1988
American Experience

as Narrator (voice)

TV
1988
Cocoon: The Return

as Joe Finley

Movie
1987Movie
1987
Foxfire

as Hector Nations

Movie
1985
Cocoon

as Joseph Finley

Movie
1985
Brewster's Millions

as Rupert Horn

Movie
1984
Impulse

as Dr. Carr

Movie
1982Movie
1981
Rollover

as Maxwell Emery

Movie
1981Movie
1981
The Gin Game

as Weller Martin

Movie
1974
The Parallax View

as Bill Rintels

Movie
1974
Conrack

as Skeffington

Movie
1970Movie
1969
Gaily, Gaily

as Tim Grogan

Movie
1969
The Arrangement

as Arthur Houghton

Movie
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Lewis Avery Filer

TV
1964
Hamlet

as Polonius

Movie
1963
Cleopatra

as Sosigenes

Movie
1960Movie
1960TV
1959
A Doll's House

as Krogstad

Movie
1959
The Moon and Sixpence

as Dirk Stroeve

Movie
1958
Naked City

as Professor Henry J. Fallon

TV
1957TV
1956
Crowded Paradise

as George Heath

Movie
1955TV
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Fitzhugh Oldham

TV
1954
Climax!

as Reverend Mr. Muldoon

TV
1954
The Marriage

as Ben Marriott

TV
1953
Letter to Loretta

as Hap Martin

TV
1953
Letter to Loretta

as Henry Goodens

TV
1953
General Electric Theater

as Ralph Whitemore

TV
1953
General Electric Theater

as Benedict Arnold Brummel

TV
1952TV
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Nils Krogstad

TV
1951TV
1951TV
1951
People Will Talk

as Prof. Rodney Elwell

Movie
1949
Top o' the Morning

as Hughie Devine

Movie
1949
Suspense

as Dr. Violet

TV
1949
Suspense

as Sig

TV
1949TV
1948
Studio One

as Ben Hecht

TV
1948
Studio One

as Ellis Davenport

TV
1948
Studio One

as Mr. Moore

TV
1948
Studio One

as Pop Thatcher

TV
1948TV
1948
The Bride Goes Wild

as John McGrath

Movie
1947
Brute Force

as Capt. Munsey

Movie
1947
The Beginning or the End

as Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer

Movie
1946
The Secret Heart

as Dinner Party Guest (Voice)

Movie
1946
The Green Years

as Papa Leckie

Movie
1946
A Letter for Evie

as John Phineas McPherson

Movie
1946Movie
1945
The Sailor Takes a Wife

as Freddie Potts

Movie
1945
Ziegfeld Follies

as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")

Movie
1945Movie
1944
Blonde Fever

as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Movie
1944
The Seventh Cross

as Paul Roeder

Movie
1944
Lifeboat

as Stanley "Sparks" Garrett

Movie
1943Movie
1943Movie
1943
Shadow of a Doubt

as Herbie Hawkins

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 18, 1911
Day of DeathJune 15, 2003
Place of BirthLondon, Ontario, Canada
Popularity1.1
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